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Alongside police and troops overseeing enforcement measures, provincial leaders are running their own zealous campaigns to fight the virus in...

BEIJING: Volkswagen said on Friday (May 29) it will invest around 2 billion euros (US$2.2 billion) in two Chinese companies...

LONDON/BOSTON: Last month Zagg Inc, a Utah-based company that makes mobile device accessories, received more than US$9.4 million in cash...

NEW DELHI: India's coronavirus death toll passed neighbouring China's on Friday (May 29), with 175 new fatalities in 24 hours...

TOKYO: Curbs in Japan's capital of Tokyo to contain the coronavirus are to be eased further from Monday (Jun 1),...

BEIJING: China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent, one of the...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's government warned Washington that withdrawing its special US status, which has underpinned the city as a...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said he will give a press conference on Friday (May 29) on China amid spiraling...

BEIJING: China faced growing international pressure on Friday (May 29) over its move to impose a security law on Hong...

SHANGHAI: China reported no new confirmed coronavirus cases as of the end of May 28, down from two a day...

NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks ended lower on Thursday (May 28) following a late-afternoon retreat on growing US-China tensions, as...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has denied rumours that he was in Singapore for medical treatment. "I wish...

FILE PHOTO: A Renault logo is seen outside the Renault factory in Choisy-le-Roi near Paris, France.   PARIS: French auto...

SYDNEY: Australia's most populous state on Monday (May 25) deployed hundreds of crowd control staff to enforce social distancing on...

DOHA: Privacy concerns over Qatar's coronavirus contact tracing app, a tool that is mandatory on pain of prison, have prompted...

LONDON: British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak has authorised a bailout plan to rescue companies that are seen as strategically important,...

NEW YORK: Americans sunbathed on beaches, fished from boats and strolled on boardwalks this holiday weekend, but the occasional person...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's security chief said "terrorism" was growing in the city, as government departments rallied on Monday (May...

SYDNEY: Australia on Monday (May 25) began the first hearings of a powerful inquiry into the causes of catastrophic bushfires...

South Korean households are piling up debt for various reasons, from overspending on credit cards to unemployment to gambling losses....